Psalm 135 (v2)

Isaac Watts

2 Praise ye the Lord; the Lord is good,
To praise His name is sweet employ;
Israel He chose of old, and still
His church is His peculiar joy.

3 The Lord Himself will judge His saints;
He treats His servants as His friends;
And when He hears their sore complaints,
Repents the sorrow that He sends.

4 Through every age the Lord declares
His name, and breaks the oppressor's rod:
He gives His suffering servants rest,
And will be known the Almighty God.

5 Bless ye the Lord, who taste His love,
People and priests exalt His name:
Amongst His saints He ever dwells;
His church is His Jerusalem.

Isaac Watts, 1719.